Welcome to DBSTalk

Welcome to DBSTalk. Our community covers all aspects of video delivery solutions including: Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS), Cable Television, and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). We also have forums to discuss popular television programs, home theater equipment, and internet streaming service providers. Members of our community include experts who can help you solve technical problems, industry professionals, company representatives, and novices who are here to learn.

Like most online communities you must register to view or post in our community. Sign-up is a free and simple process that requires minimal information. Be a part of our community by signing in or creating an account. The Digital Bit Stream starts here!

Thanks, Stuart.
I did the refresh thing to no avail and called customer service, After speaking with 5 different folks, and repeating the problem to each,
I got a lady from South Dakota who tried to help but couldn't figure it out either. Anyway she said she would thoroughly document my call and pass it along to more experienced techs and to call back Monday if the problem wasn't resolved. We'll see.
Thanks again.

Stuart, just to followup on the above.
The HD locals out of LA were out as mentioned in the 92277 area and
returned on Wednesday, 7 Oct. Still have not received an explanation from DirecTV on why they went out but all is well in the desert and, whatever happened, we now are able to receive all of the locals in HD including Channels 28 and 50 (PBS) that we were not receiving before the HD outage.
The DIRECTV Tech showed up Wednesday morning as scheduled and saw that all was well but took the time to replace the LNB, dish wiring, and connectors as they were getting old, and even took the time to align the dish to ensure maximum performance. There are some very fine service persons out there and this young man was a jewel.

joe:Saw your post at the DirecTV Forum. Your signal readings are too low from the HD satellites. And you're ~100 miles from LA, so you're likely just on the edge of the LA spot beams.

I wonder if that's the issue with other folks who've reported this problem .... far outside LA on the edge of the spotbeam with poor dish alignment.

The spot beams for LA are HUGE! I get reception as far northeast as Laughlin, Nevada and as far southeast as the California/Arizona/Mexican border. People have told me they have no problem getting them in Mammoth, and that is 400+ miles to the north.

Is KLCS Channel 58-2 new to the Los Angeles HD lineup? I saw it for the first time last night. It was a 480i program (that filled the screen), however when I sorted by HD the channel was included.

FYI - My HR20 set to native/ pillar box

I have the same question. In the guide it is listed by the call letters (something only done with HD channels), and it has HD labels on the programs. Even Direct list this channel as an HD channel on their website, so should it be added?

The spot beams for LA are HUGE! I get reception as far northeast as Laughlin, Nevada and as far southeast as the California/Arizona/Mexican border. People have told me they have no problem getting them in Mammoth, and that is 400+ miles to the north.

I have the same question. In the guide it is listed by the call letters (something only done with HD channels), and it has HD labels on the programs. Even Direct list this channel as an HD channel on their website, so should it be added?

Stations that multicast have the option of which channel they want DirecTV to carry. KLCS chose the .2 channel, IIRC, because that is the one that carries the local PBS for the Inland Empire. 58.1 is the regular PBS feed and is also not in HD. Not sure on that, as I am not home and cannot look at the guide at this time.

Stations that multicast have the option of which channel they want DirecTV to carry. KLCS chose the .2 channel, IIRC, because that is the one that carries the local PBS for the Inland Empire. 58.1 is the regular PBS feed and is also not in HD. Not sure on that, as I am not home and cannot look at the guide at this time.

Just for the record, Channel 24 (KVCR) is the Inland Empire PBS station -- it's completely separate from KLCS.

KDOC 56 is now showing an HD tag, how do we get DTV to add the HD feed?

First time since CSU Fullerton was in March Madness and KDOC 56 was used as an overflow channel that I have seen any indication of HD on KDOC. I am seeing the HD tag in the OTA feed guide data for L&O: SVU. May have to check it out, just to see if it is true. I wouldn't hold my breath on it being on DirecTV anytime soon. KDOC just shows reruns and a few local shows like the Poorman's videos show and Wally George repeats. Nothing in HD. We shall see.

Attached Thumbnails

First time since CSU Fullerton was in March Madness and KDOC 56 was used as an overflow channel that I have seen any indication of HD on KDOC. I am seeing the HD tag in the OTA feed guide data for L&O: SVU. May have to check it out, just to see if it is true. I wouldn't hold my breath on it being on DirecTV anytime soon. KDOC just shows reruns and a few local shows like the Poorman's videos show and Wally George repeats. Nothing in HD. We shall see.

I understand that at least some programming from KDOC is broadcast in HD via direct studio feeds to Cox Cable and TWC. But not OTA as their spectrum is limited by lease agreements with the SEZMI service, and obviously nor is this feed being carried by DirecTV, Dish network or other MSOs at present for reasons to which I have no idea.

First time since CSU Fullerton was in March Madness and KDOC 56 was used as an overflow channel that I have seen any indication of HD on KDOC. I am seeing the HD tag in the OTA feed guide data for L&O: SVU. May have to check it out, just to see if it is true. I wouldn't hold my breath on it being on DirecTV anytime soon. KDOC just shows reruns and a few local shows like the Poorman's videos show and Wally George repeats. Nothing in HD. We shall see.

I understand that at least some programming from KDOC is broadcast in HD via direct studio feeds to Cox Cable and TWC. But not OTA as their spectrum is limited by lease agreements with the SEZMI service, and obviously nor is this feed being carried by DirecTV, Dish network or other MSOs at present for reasons to which I have no idea.

So I checked it last night. On my OTA feed it is only 480i pillarboxed. Even during the L&O: SVU episode tagged as HD. If they are giving out an HD feed, it is not being done OTA. That is stupid and the FCC should take their license away for giving their spectrum to another company to send out unrelated content.

So I checked it last night. On my OTA feed it is only 480i pillarboxed. Even during the L&O: SVU episode tagged as HD. If they are giving out an HD feed, it is not being done OTA. That is stupid and the FCC should take their license away for giving their spectrum to another company to send out unrelated content.

I think the FCC rule is that a station is legally required to broadcast at least one free unencrypted SD channel. Beyond this minimum mandate however they are free to enter into agreements with any other OTA services like SEZMI for use of their spectrum.

And I would imagine that KDOC would argue their OTA bandwidth limitations aside, they would be more than happy to negotiate with other MSOs like DirecTV to broadcast their direct HD feed as Cox and TWC are doing.

KCET Channel 28 was in HD just a few days ago and has now been broadcasting an SD feed for the last few days. The feed was having some issues. I would sometimes see a pink/purple vertical bar go across the screen from left to right. It did drop completely one day - I don't know how long as I just switched to my OTA feed.

Any idea if the HD feed will be coming back soon? I was interested in The Tenth Inning documentary but couldn't record it in HD as only SD was broadcast.

Update: Here's some more information that's interesting.

It appears to only be happening on one of my receivers.I have an HR24-100 that will NOT show Channel 28 in HD.The HD filter on the guide does NOT show channel 28 on this box.

I also have an H24-200 that does show Channel 28 in HD.The HD filter on the guide does show Channel 28 on this box.

I'm not sure why it's only happening on once of my boxes and it appears to only be affecting this channel.I've called DirecTV and they opened up with engineering.

No ideas for you. I am having no problems with KCETHD via DirecTV. Dinosaur Train is in HD right now.

Make sure you have no guide filters on.
Make sure SD duplicates are turned off.
Enter 28 directly in the remote and see if it tunes to KCETHD or KCET (look in the upper left-hand corner)
Restart the receiver.
Call for Tech Support.